Outside Directors and the Privately-Owned Firm: Are They Necessary?
- 1 October 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
- Vol. 13 (1) , 49-57
- https://doi.org/10.1177/104225878801300106
Abstract
A growing body of literature asserts the importance for privately-owned firms to have a working board of directors with outside board members. Findings from the author's recent study on the boards’ of the Inc. 500 firms suggest that the presence of outsiders may actually reduce the influence of the board.Keywords
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